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उपनिषद् · Gāruḍa 1.2
॥
देवनागरी
अनन्तो वामकटको यज्ञसूत्रं तु वासुकिः । तक्षकाः कटिसूत्रं तु हारः कार्कोट उच्यते
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
ananto vāmakaṭako yajñasūtraṃ tu vāsukiḥ | takṣakāḥ kaṭisūtraṃ tu hāraḥ kārkoṭa ucyate
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अनन्तः वाम-कटकःanantaḥ vāma-kaṭakaḥAnanta is the left bracelet
यज्ञ-सूत्रं तु वासुकिःyajña-sūtraṃ tu vāsukiḥthe sacred thread, however, is Vāsuki
तक्षकाः कटि-सूत्रं तुtakṣakāḥ kaṭi-sūtraṃ tuTakṣaka is the waist-cord
हारः कार्कोटः उच्यतेhāraḥ kārkoṭaḥ ucyateKārkoṭa is called the necklace
अनुवाद
«Ananta is the left bracelet, the sacred thread is Vāsuki, Takṣaka is the waist-cord, and Kārkoṭa is called the necklace».
संस्करण
2f0673c9bc07 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The list begins of serpents as ornaments, and it will occupy three verses; the design deserves examination. The great nāgas — Ananta, Vāsuki, Takṣaka, Kārkoṭaka, and the rest — are worn on Garuḍa as bracelets, thread, belt, and necklace. The design is clear: the enemy wears the conquered upon himself; and this is an image of complete subjugation, in which the dangerous has become an ornament.
Let us add who these four are, for their names carry weight in Indian literature. Ananta, “the Infinite,” also called Śeṣa, is the thousand-headed serpent on whom Viṣṇu reclines and who holds the earth; and in Vaiṣṇava teaching he is not an enemy but the first servant, an incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa. Vāsuki is the one with whom gods and asuras churned the ocean: he was wound around Mount Mandara as a rope.
Takṣaka is the one who killed King Parīkṣit, grandson of Arjuna, and with whom began the serpent-sacrifice of Janamejaya, at which the whole Mahābhārata was told. Kārkoṭaka is the one who bit King Nala and changed his form, and did so for his benefit. Note that this list gathers serpents from different stories and sets them in one row as ornaments; that is, before us is no longer a story, but a practice.
Let us add the caveat that must be made: Ananta stands out of place in this row, for he is a bearer of Viṣṇu on a par with Garuḍa himself; and joining him with the venomous nāgas is the carelessness of a late compiler, not a teaching.